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There is nothing quite like a good PQ to start the day — on the Hill, that is, where parliamentary questions (PQs for short) are now a featured part of the day’s agenda. It is known as Question Period that typically comes up fairly early in the morni...

A good sound education, that’s usually everybody’s favourite answer for what it takes to get ahead in this world. I do not disagree. But an education goes beyond what students are taught within the four walls that are classrooms, and beyond what they...

Feedback is terrific, folks, the good and the bad, the critical and the complimentary, and I thank those who take the time to write. From time to time, when space permits I will try to share with you some of the thoughts which my columns may have pro...

There is no need for debate on conscription, we are told. The two parties are agreed. There will also be no referendum on gaming, and not because the two parties necessarily agree on gaming, but because the OBA Government believed the Opposition PLP ...

Unruly and disruptive behaviour was back in the news again recently but, no, not in connection with the House on the Hill, members are still on recess, and for another three weeks, which will make it nine weeks in total. No, this time the headlines w...

Now is an opportune time to reflect on the type of government we have here in Bermuda — and not because MPs are trooping back up the Hill today for an extraordinary September sitting. For me the reflection is prompted in part by the recent and somew...

A week or two back you’ll remember I said it sometimes pays to have a sense of humour about the serious matters of state. As a case in point I referred to Finance Minister Bob Richards who — when asked about the prospect of further job losses before...

It isn’t rocket science. It isn’t brain surgery. Collaboration, while challenging, is not impossible. But it does require the political will and major effort to achieve the possible. Otherwise, like the word transparency and its equally attractive tw...

Funny or not, sometimes it pays to have a sense of humour about the serious matters of state. Case in point: In response to predictions about more job losses before the year is out Finance Minister Bob Richards was quoted as saying, “statisticians do...